Human Bocavirus in Infants, New Zealand

Detection of new respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants with bronchiolitis: a three‐year prospective study

“…HBoV bronchiolitis was present more frequently in older infants than RSV. This is consistent with other authors (28), with very similar results to ours except in the seasonality (more frequent in July, August and September, winter in New Zealand). HBoV was present in 3.5% of bronchiolitis in this series and in 11.4% in our patients.…”

Etiology of acute bronchiolitis and the relationship with meteorological conditions in hospitalized infants in China

“…HBoV and MP bronchiolitis presented more frequently in older infants than RSV, which is consistent with previous findings. 15,29 Moreover, RSV bronchiolitis caused more severe hypoxia and audible wheezing without auscultation than MP, hMPV, HPIV-3, and IV-A bronchiolitis. Chan et al 30 reported that RSV infections in younger children led to higher oxygen demand than hMPV infections, and these findings were confirmed in our study.…”

Clinical and epidemiologic profile of lower respiratory tract infections associated with human bocavirus

“…Later studies conducted in several countries have reported that HBoV is present in 1.5-19% children with LRTI. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] In South and Central America, Salmón-Mulanovich et al 9 demonstrated the prevalence of 10.8% of HBoV in Argentina, 33.3% in Nicaragua, and 25.1% in Peru, in a series including 568 patients. Children are most often infected, with the highest frequency found in hospitalized infants.…”